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this will be my first question on the site, I hope I'll be clear!

So I'm working on adapting a regular php/html/js website to a drupal site. There are some specific things a can't do with the available modules, so a need to create some. I've been wandering a lot on the web, watch and read some tutorials but I dont get exactly how to display simple html/js/php with a block module for instance.

For example, I want to display this in a block module : 

`<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-min.js"></script> 
<div class="myDiv"></div> 
<script> 
$(".maparea").append('<p class='myText'>Hello there!</p>'); 
</script>`

On the other hand I have my block_view function:

`function my_module_block_view($delta = '') {
    $block = array();
    $block['subject'] = 'my Module title';
    $block['content'] = 'some content';
    return $block;
}`

If i replace that 'some content' with my raw code, well first I don't think it is the best way, a overall it doesn't work so well. Besides, I would like to use the drupal API to insert js (drupal_add_js), but how? 

`block['content'] .= drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'my_module').'/myScript.js');`

Finally, I found some information about theme system, and templates. So it seems I have to implement my_module_template.tpl.php, and implement hook_theme in my_module.module.

It's pretty blurry, so I really need some help to understand the basics.

Thanks in advance!

Nikolai
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  • Assuming you know Drupal, to create a block, you should use hook_block_info() `function module_name_block_info() { $blocks['block_name'] = array( 'info' => t('The text you want to display'), 'region' => 'Region you want the block', ); return $blocks; }` If after this you want to alter that block, you can do it from hook_block_info_alter(). More details you can get from Drupal Block Api – Mihaela Oct 10 '13 at 12:23
  • About the drupal_add_js(), you can't just use it like that, if you read the description from the drupal site, you can see what that function returns, and i don't think is what you want. You can add a js, file, either with drupal_add_js(), either with dependencies in .info from a module. – Mihaela Oct 10 '13 at 12:29

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You can call drupal_add_js() and drupal_add_css() in a hook_preprocess_block__module() or hook_preprocess_block__module__delta() function (replacing 'hook', 'module' and 'delta' with specific values) that you define in your module alongside your hook_block_view() function, or in your theme's 'template.php' file.

mesr
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